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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Copenhagen or Montpellier?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Copenhagen for

  • families
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Copenhagen’s own page.

Choose Montpellier for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Copenhagen 40, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Montpellier 64: Copenhagen leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Montpellier 60: Copenhagen leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Montpellier 56: Copenhagen leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Montpellier 72: Montpellier leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Montpellier 85: Montpellier leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Montpellier 62: Copenhagen leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Montpellier 74: Copenhagen leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Montpellier 47: Copenhagen leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Montpellier 50: Montpellier leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Montpellier 63: Copenhagen leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Montpellier 42: Copenhagen leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Montpellier.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Copenhagen
62match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Montpellier
62match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CopenhagenMontpellier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenMontpellier
Official languageDanishFrench
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m7 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenMontpellier
City population667,099310,240
People per km²7,3395,452
Museums within 10 km7214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.